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A01095	The generall historie of the magnificent state of Venice From the first foundation thereof vntill this present. Collected by Thomas de Fougasses, gentleman of Auignon, out of all authors, both ancient and moderne, that haue written of that subiect. Englished by VV. Shute. Gent.; Histoire générale de Venise. English	Fougasses, Thomas de.; Shute, W.	1612 (1612)	STC 11207; ESTC S121332	1,523,870	1,124

was Ambassador for the Signorie with his Holinesse brought these presents to Venice which the Prince in great solemnitie did weare vpon that day that the peace was published Peace at the same time was treated of with Sforza by Ambassadors Pascalis Maripietro was to that end sent to Crema whither Ambassadors were come from Milan to treate of that businesse The Senate likewise sent Ambassadors to congratulate Borsia d' Aeste for his promotion to his new principalitie who after the death of Leonello had beene with a generall consent proclaimed Prince At the same time likewise Hermolao Donato a Venetian Gentleman was murthered The Senate by a decree made sharpe search for the murtherers and promised a perpetuall pension besides a present recompence to him that should bewray them The Duke of Austria the Emperours brother in his iourney from Rome towards Germanie came to Venice The Prince and Senate went ●…o meete him and being receiued into the Bucentauro he was conducted to the Pallace of Aeste which was sumptuously prepared for his lodging and hauing at leisure viewed the Citie he went home into Germanie In the accord which they made with king Alphonso the Sienois the Duke of Sauoy the Maquesse of Montferrat and the Lords of Corregia were included their Commissioners sent for that purpose did at one time meete at Venice Ambassadors came from the king of that part of Illiria which at this day is called Bossina who from their master did present the Prince with foure gallant horses hawkes and flagons of siluer they said that they came to bring the presents and in their masters name to congratulate in the presence of the Prince and Senate the marriage of his daughters one of whom had married Stephen the Vayuod and the other Caloianes Viceroy of Hungarie And that therfore the King their Lord did wish perpetual happinesse to the Prince Senate and people of Venice his friends for that he had made new alliance with two such great personages That he did besides take a solemne oath to continue a perpetuall friend to the Venetians which so long as he should liue he would religiously keepe The Prince and Senate did highly thanke the king and gaue kinde entertainment to the Ambassadors Whilest these things were done at Venice Gentilis Leonesio and Tiberto Brandolino some Authors mention Picinino in steede of Brandolino did by the Senates commandement take fifteene hundred horse from Coyoni which he had with him on the territorie of Verona against whom hauing practised some noueltie they came on a sodaine as they had beene commanded But himselfe escaping went to Mantua to Prince Lodouico At the same time king Alphonso the Venetians and their associates did chace the Florentines from their confines in hatred to Sforza whom they had assisted with money Carolo Gonzaga vpon the first report of this warre came to the Venetians to implore their aid and succour against his brother Lodouico who he said had wrongfully bereft him of those lands which he had till then possessed by his fathers testament The Venetians did louingly receiue him and did put him in hope whether that they had peace or warre soone to repossesse him in his estate and the Commonwealth gaue him in the meane time a thousand crownes a moneth for the entertainmenr of himselfe and familie Lodouico Bishop of Aquileia came to Venice and within a while after Pietro Barbe Cardinall who when hee came to be Pope would needs be called Paulo great troupes of Gentlemen went forth to meete either of them and both of them were honorably entertained But the Emperour Fredericke had more princely reception who with Leonora his wife came to Venice about the Spring time of the yeare following For such great numbers of boates neuer went forth to meet any Prince whatsoeuer It is reported that besides the Bucentauro richly hung with cloath of gold wherein the Prince and chiefe Senators were foure great vessels were set forth whose poopes were all guilded in which were the whole nobilitie of Venice These followed the Bucentauro as their Admirall The Gallies went after them The Ganzares and patischermes which are lesser vessels to the number of sixscore were as gallantly decked as those of the Clarissimi in which were the common Citizens who did striue to exceed one another in brauerie The whole Citie was hung that day with cloath of gold purple scarlet and violet colour In euerie place musicall instruments songs and sweet voyces were heard which did in a manner rauish the hearers Fredericke being come to S. Clements Church where the Prince met him came forth of the Duke of Ferraraes Barge and went into the Bucentauro where the good old Prince Foscare welcomed and seated him in a throne of Golde and then sate downe next to him He was with great ioy and generall applause conducted through the middest of the Cittie to the Pallace of Aeste which the Common-wealth had richly furnished for his lodging The Empresse Leonora within a while after came to Venice and to the end that her entrie into the Cittie might be more magnificent shee tarried three dayes at S. Nicholas on the shoare then vpon an holiday she was receiued into the Bucentauro by the Princes wife and two hundred of the fairest Ladies glistering with gold purple and pretious stones The same order of boates as had serued for the Emperours reception did wait vpon her through the Cittie as farre as Saint Eustace his Church vnto the pallace of the Vitturi where shee landed The chiefe Senators went to visite her and to doe her seruiee in the Morning and Euening The day was spent in feasting those great Guests The Councell Chamber was richly hung which was filled with the fairest and noblest Ladies of the Cittie The Senate presented the Empresse so soone as she entred her Chamber with a Crowne of Golde set with three pretious stones which were esteemed to be worth two thousand sixe hundred crownes and with a coate for a little childe as a presage of her future progenie with a Cradle-cloth of purple powdered with pearles Both of them danced together The day was spent in all delights and pleasures And the whole Citie did keepe many Holie-daies in honour of her great Guests although they had not neglected their care for the warre of Lombardie Heereby wee may perceiue how curious the Venetians haue euer beene more than any other people of Italie to giue entertainement to forraine Princes Fredericke being gone the Senate the better to prouide for the expences of the warre made a Decree that all Officers aswell in the Cittie as abroad Iudges Registers and others of meaner qualities vnder great Officers who in anie kinde had pension of the Common-wealth should pay a certaine tribute to the Signiorie And that the Gentlemen after that they had executed their yearely charge for euerie one at the yeares end receiued his pay should serue the Republique gratis for sixe moneths longer At this

beeing wearied with so manie garboiles and scarcely freed from this warre was assailed by two dangerous conspiracies of her owne Citizens But as the Authors thereof were different in qualitie so was the danger nothing like For as the one was acted by people of meaner condition than the other it was likewise the more easily broken Such was that of Buconio which happened before the other of Tepulo beeing much more cruell There dwelt in the Citie at the same time one named Marino Buconio who was neither of the Senatours degree nor yet of meane estate but holding a middle ranke and other-waies audacious and prompt to all mischiefe This man being impatient of the publike libertie or rather of the quiet which the Citie then enioied determined with himselfe to kill the Prince and some other principall persons of the Senate Being thus resolued in regard he durst not vndertake it alone he imparted his designe to diuers of his owne quallitie whom he knew of a long time to haue participated the same discontent who without any more delaie approoued the deed and freely promised him their assistance It is most certaine that they had determined to kill the Prince and diuers of the Senate But it is not knowne whether they did it to vsurpe the Segniorie or else for enuie to see Gradonico in such a dignitie who some yeares before had been elected by the Senators against their wils and therefore had determined to murther him with the Authors of his creation This conspiracie being discouered to the Prince did greatly amaze him but the danger neerly cōcerning him he had no greater meanes speedily to quench it than to seize on the body of Marino and his complices who being taken and conuicted of the deed were according to their deserts hanged betwixt the two Pillars There happened againe certaine strife with the Paduans who had fortified a place in the Lakes which lie betwixt Chioggia and Albana named Patabubula For it is certaine that the Paduans intended so soone as they should haue builded the Fort and left garrison therein to make goodly salt-pits thereabouts in despite of the Venetians But the Senate hauing sent certaine troupes of souldiers thither for the purpose did forth with raz●… the Fort. The Paduans tooke this heinously but daring not to stirre at that time they did for a while shew themselues neither friends nor enemies to the Venetians Some Authors write that at the same time they made warre on Paleologus Emperour of Greece because he refused to pay the Venetians a great summe of money which he ought them but they tell not how that money was due The fleet being readie for this purpose the supplies of Candie and Nigrepont being comprized therein was of seuen and twentie Gallies whereof Iustiniano was made Generall who speedily sailed into the Ponticke Sea where he tooke diuers Greeke sh●…ps I know not whether it were by fight or surprize and hanged vp all the Greekes that he found in them because as I thinke by their malice the Venetians and Baldwin were certaine yeares before driuen from Constantinople From thence spoyling all along the Sea-coast which lieth from Pera to Argire he put all to fire and sword whereat the enemie was so amazed as hauing paid the summe which was due he in a manner with heaued-vp hands obtained peace of the Venetian The victorious Armie returned to Venice with fifteene thousand prisoners This victorie had in some sort restored the Commonwealth which languished after the losses receiued in the second Ligusticke warre and by her home-bred conspiracie with hope of better fortune hereafter at what time the troubles of Ferrara did throw it head long into a greater danger It came to passe by the Emperours ouerlong absence out of Italie that diuers new Lords had seized on the most famous Cities of Cis-alpine Gaule as those of Escalla on Verona the Gonsagos on Mantua and those of Este on Ferrara VVhose ancestors threescore yeares before this happened hauing driuen Salinguerra from them did in the Popes name gouerne the Citie then being become masters of Modena and of the places neere adioyning their power increased in such sort as Charles the second King of Naples married his daughter Beatrice to Azzon of Este who at that time was verie famous This man had a bastard named Frisco whom he had by another man s wife who the same yeare that his father married Beatrice surprized him by ambush and shut him vp in prison where he died Azzon being dead this detestable young man being fauoured by the Bishop of the place and by certaine Ferrarois would haue assured to himselfe the principalitie of Ferrara gotten by parricide and seizing almost on all could not make himselfe master of the Castle which was seated on the riuer of Po on Bolognia side To besiege the which because that without ships he could not ouercome the garrison within it for the neere neighbourhood to the riuer he had recourse to the Venetians and hauing receiued a fleete from them for his aide he did straightly besiege the place so as the Venetians being encamped on the water there was some likelihood that it would soone yeeld The Popes Legate who lay then at Bolognia so soone as he vnderstood what had passed at Ferrara sent speedily to the Venetian General and earnestly entreated him to desist from his enterprize And by chance as the Legates messengers arriued a furious assault was giuen the Castle which was the cause that by meanes of the noise of Armour and shot they could haue no audience The Ferrarois in the meane time being moued as it is to be thought by the presence of the messengers of the Popes Legate and being diuided among themselues cried out that they would relie vpon the Legates promise wherupon followed a great tumult of such as fauoured the partie of the Church and their owne libertie This sodaine alteration of the inhabitants did greatly trouble the rest and principally Frisco But the Venetians were so farre from being amazed with this new tumult as on the contrarie hauing on a sodaine fired the Ferrarois ships which the tyrant had assembled to besiege the castle giuen a more sharp assault they ceased not till hauing broken the bridge they entred the Fort of Thealdo Frisco being incensed against the Ferrarois for that they had so sodainly forsaken him sent from the strongest places horsemen into the Citie who set fire thereon in diuers parts The townesmen then seeing themselues inuironed with Armes and fire so soone as the tumult was appeased they submitied themselues to the Venetians making no mention of Frisco whom they hated to the death So soone as they yeelded they had no more outrage done to them The Venetians albeit they would willingly haue kept the Citie for themselues which they had receiued vnder their protection neuerthelesse because they would not seeme to breake their promise with Frisco

kept an ordinary Ambassador in England Edward the sixt of that name succeeded his Father Henry who was yong and gouerned by the cheefe Lords of the Kingdome vnto whom the Senate send Dominico Bollano for their Ambassador who found them very willing to continue friendshippe and vsuall trafficke with the Venetians promising to giue kind vsage to as many of their nation as should come into those parts The French King was desirous at the same time to make warre vpon the English for diuers respects but especially for the towne of Boloign Those which feared the Emperors to much greatnesse were sorry that the French King should busie him-selfe in that warre which made him to forget the affaires of Italy and to suffer the Emperor freely to pursue his owne deseigns but the Pope was more discontented then any other as he that for his owne particular interests and not for the common good did determine by the armes of the French to abate the Emperors greatnesse therefore hee resolued to send the Cardinall of Saint George into France vnder collour as it was giuen forth to cause the French Prelates to come to the councell published at Bolognia But in effect it was for other ends namely to incite the French King to turne his deseigns against the Emperor and to stoppe his pregressions offering him for that purpose all ayde and friendship King Henry did willingly harken to this motion as one desirous to execute some great enterprize and who would not omit any occasion whereby he might hope to purchase glory by some generous action wherein the Pope by meanes of his forces was thought to be a very fit Instrument for the affaires of Italy as well in regard of the commodiousnesse of his State as most of all for his authority wherevpon the King beeing easily perswaded to harken to this proposition resolued to strengthen his intelligences in Italy and to purchase friends there and among othere he sent for Perro Strossi into France whom he forth with honored with the order of S. Michell which at that time was a great honor and giuen to none but noble persons or to such as had well deserued of the Crowne of France this man was highly esteemed for his excellent witte and also for that he was an enemy to peace and greatly followed by the bandetti of Florence and others which was a ready means to trouble the affaires of Italy The King did likewise fauour thereuolt of the Sienois promising to aid them in the defense of their liberties But together with the Pope for the vnion betwixt them was already confirmed Horatio Farnese sonne to Pedro Lodouico hauing married King Henries daughter he was likewise desirous to draw the Venetians to that league and Vnion because hee would attempt nothing against the Emperor in Italy but that which he was sure would take effect The King to this end sent his Ambassador to Venice so did the Pope his Nuncio who supposed to find the Venetians more ready to condiscend to their demandes then they had beene in times past in regard of the Emperors dealings and especially for the Villany committed vpon the person of Petro Lodouico who had beene murthered by certaine Place nti●…e Gentlemen by the consent as it was reported of D. Ferrant of Gonzaga Lieutenant to the Emperor in Italy who presently after had seazed vppon the Citty of Placentia leauing great numbers of Spaniards in Garrison there in the Emperors name who by that meanes went about to take away an other mans rightes not by open force but by deceit Gonzaga knowing that the Venetians would suspect and think strangely of that deed did speedily send Giouan Baptista Schizze a Senator of Milan to Venice toacquaint the Senate with what had beene done and by quallifying the matter to assure them that he was not guilty thereof but that he could do no lesse beeing sent for and sought vnto by the Dukes murthererers who presently came to him to Milan to haue him goe and receiue that Citty in the Emperors name the which he did but till such time as hee might receiue newes what the Emperors pleasure was therein but his deeds were contrary to his worps for so soone as he entred the Citty he caused the building of the Castle which the Duke had already begunne to be set foreward and caused the nobility and people to take the oath of aleadgeance to the Emperor and made speedy preparations to goe and beseege Parma notwithstanding that Octauio Farnese complained in vaine that so great an iniury was done vnto him he beeing the Emperors sonne in law This stirre being in very deed of great importance had caused the Venetians to make prouisions for the defense of their townes therfore they made Stephano Tepulo Prouidator Generall on the firme land to the end that in that office hee should prouide for all their soldiers visit the Forts belonging to the State and take speedy order for what soeuer should be needfull They did besides call home the Duke of Vrbin Generall of their Army who was then at Rome about his marriage not long before concluded with Virginia daughter to Duke Pietro Lodouico Farnese They wrote afterwards to Antonio de Castello who serued them as maister of their Artillery and a man of great credit that he should make hast to the Citty of Bressia to augment the ordinary Garrison that lay there the Prouidator Generall did the like at Verona and in all other townes of importance the Venetians supposing that all places were full of deceit and trechery Things standing at this stay the Pope and the French King did daily more ernestly solicite the Venetians openly to declare them-selues without any more delay and not to deferre the remedying of the present mischiefe till it were too late The Senate for all that did not make hast to take armes against a most mighty Prince their neighbour who at the same time exalted to the very height of his prosperous greatnes because that the common-wealth was not so weake and low brought as whosoeuer those should bee that were desirous to assayle it might thinke their enterprize easie nor yet so mighty as it was able to keepe others in awe and thereby gaue them cause to goe about to abate their greatnesse so as the condition thereof was farre different from that of others because it might without any feare of beeing assayled by the Emperor expect that which time and the alteration of affaires might procure it which might as it often happeneth open a way to some better and safer course Whereupon after that the matter had beene well debated in open Councell the Pope and French Kings demands were answered after one maner and yet apart how that the Senate did infinitely praise their care of the common safety together with the prouisions which they had made for the mainetainance and defence of that which did belong vnto them that they would follow and imitate that